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• Snorre Cardinaal, København,Sj, Denemarken

• Catharina Elsiabeth Wanschers (71), Brielle
• Anna Maria Contzen (91), Simpelveld, L
• Anna Cornelia Hogenes (93), Lutjebroek, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Bert Brienen (77), Sint Anthonis
• Albert Eisses (79), Stroud,Ontario,Canada
• Archie Steele Thorpe Jr. (66)
• Cornelia de Jong (65), Katwijk
• (92), Varsenare, W-Vl, Belgie
• Catharina Vervoort (91), Olen, België
• Albertje Hofstee (80), Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1984 » Andrei Sidorenkov, Estonian footballer
• 1984 » Brad Keselowski, American race car driver
• 1988 » DeMarco Murray, American football player
• 1988 » Mike Posner, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1988 » Nicolás Otamendi, Argentine footballer
• 1990 » Robert Griffin III, American football player
• 1991 » Patrick Herrmann, German footballer
• 1994 » Arman Hall, American sprinter
• 1999 » Maggie Coles-Lyster, Canadian cyclist
• 2000 » Kim Ji-min, South Korean actress

• 1991 » Roger Patterson, American bass player (b. 1968)
• 1992 » Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (b. 1907)
• 1994 » Donald Judd, American painter and sculptor (b. 1928)
• 1995 » Philip Taylor Kramer, American bass player (b. 1952)
• 1998 » Gardner Ackley, American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (b. 1915)
• 2000 » Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, created Peanuts (b. 1922)
• 2000 » Tom Landry, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
• 2001 » Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish-German actress and producer (b. 1912)
• 2002 » John Eriksen, Danish footballer (b. 1957)
• 2005 » Dorothy Stang, American-Brazilian nun and missionary (b. 1931)

1. Nick
2. Niels
3. Thomas
4. Daan
5. Tim
6. Robin
7. Jan
8. Max
9. Bas
10. Bram
11. Kevin
12. Dennis
13. Rick
14. Johannes
15. Lars
16. Jacob

1. Laura
2. Sanne
3. Emma
4. Amber
5. Kim
6. Femke
7. Anne
8. Charlotte
9. Anouk
10. Lotte
11. Julia
12. Eva
13. Demi
14. Lisa
15. Iris
16. Anna

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
• May 26 » The first "National Sorry Day" was held in Australia, and reconciliation events were held nationally, and attended by over a million people.
• August 15 » Northern Ireland: Omagh bombing takes place; 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) killed and some 220 others injured.
• August 24 » First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.
• October 7 » Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming. He died five days later.
• October 29 » ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of the STS-95 space shuttle mission.
• November 9 » Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences.

The temperature on February 12, 1998 was between 7.9 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.